Fake: Amy Coney Barrett Comments
The Claim
U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett said that women shouldn’t be able to own, buy, or sell property without the permission of their husband or a male relative.
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Emerging story
In September 2020, a Facebook post spread across social media that claimed that U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett said that women “should not be able to own property buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”
Users across social media continued to push this claim.
Misbar’s Analysis
The Misbar team has determined that this claim is false. We conducted extensive research on Barrett’s background and found no such evidence of her having made such a statement.
Barrett, who currently sits as a conservative judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, is a devout Catholic. The claim likely originates from opinions about the Christian group People of Praise, of which Barrett has ties to, who claim that men are divinely ordained as the "head" of the family and faith.
Despite her ties to the group, we cannot find any validity to the statement.
